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Raptors hand Dalano Banton the reins in pre-season loss to Bulls

Dalano Banton ran the offence and he ran the floor, calling plays one moment and finishing on the break the next.

Exactly the kind of all-around outing Raptors coach Nick Nurse wanted as Toronto played its lone home pre-season game on Sunday night.

“Mixing it up for him is the ideal thing,” Nurse said before the Raptors dropped a 115-98 decision to the Chicago Bulls at Scotiabank Arena, leaving Toronto 2-2 on the pre-season.

“To just give him the ball all the time — time after time after time — I think lessens one of his big strengths, which is cutting and receiving at the end of (the cuts) and getting out and running a little bit .